Great video, but you don't need the music. You have a pleasant voice and it's easy to listen to you explain what is happening. The music doesn't help that.
So music helps to hide the back ground noise from warehouse. We don't have an actual studio we shoot inside the warehouse and there are lots of background noises happening that the mics pick up. So music helps cover those.
I saw this product in person but what worries me the most is that I have an iPhone and this has an Android operating system. Yes CarPlay works but am curious about long term use. I also actually wheel my Tacoma so I’d love to see a video of this working on a trail with obstacles. Preferably hooked up to an iPhone
You can check out a couple of our videos here in our channel when I took our Jeep out wheeling. CarPlay wouldn’t be affected by where you were driving. It couldn’t care less if it’s street or dirt.
I ordered one of these and am trying to install it. Do you guys have a detailed wiring guide somewhere? The video glosses how connect specific wires. What does the “swc 1” wire connect to, the various camera trigger wires etc. The standard connectors on the wiring harness are obvious but the loose single wires go…?
@@radumargarint5271 there is no need to do anything with single wires. The install is 100% plug in play. You don’t need to trigger anything. We don’t show it because it isn’t required.
I would love for you to talk to one of the thousands of folks that love our radios. 99% of the complaints are because they purchased the radio and wouldn’t return to their dealer for help. They tried diy install and didn’t do it right and wouldn’t go ask their dealer for help. We only sell business to businesses so we don’t have enough tech support for end users. We have support for our dealers though. Maybe check out one of our dealers and see one in person.
What reviews? This particular model came out like a month ago. Reviews for other linkswell models are largely irrelevant because the design and the components are not exactly the same between each model. Are you sure that you're not confusing this with the more cheaply built Phoenix Automotive t-style radios?
@@radumargarint1832 just the video. We only sell to authorized dealers. 99% of our install is very self explanatory to technicians that do this as a living. So our support is to the trained professional. Any help you may need past that would come from the dealer you purchased from.
We don’t the process is very basic, something that has come with the process of installing aftermarket radios for near 20 years. So we don’t spend the time on it. If you check our old Gen 2 Ram install video I do think I have it on frame while I do it.
In the video you mentioned you have three camera inputs. If my tacoma came with the multi terrain monitor package with the 4 cameras, will I still be able to use all cameras?
That I can’t say. Would depend how they make it work and control. We have a front camera input that you can access whenever that will work with a standard camera. So we can do an anytime front camera. But I can’t say how it will work with that specific one based on how they work.
I am definitely interested in one of these, I am very interested to see this being used in real world by reviewers. Playing with it while driving, climate controls, while using the radio, off roading whats the interface feel like while driving? etc etc. Does the Climate Control lock you out of the rest of the screens if it is being used? or can you still play with the radio and change channels or cameras etc? @@LinksWellInc
@@CANheSE3me so this unit was installed into one of the OnX Offroad trail mappers trucks. So it will get some real deal trail time. I have used ours in our Jeep on lots of trails had no issues at all. You can watch some of our other videos showing the functions. This will do the same. Climate controls don’t change the source and how it functions. The climate controls function as an overlay screen to the source.
Yeah, I am very interested in the product I just would really like to see this unit in particular on the taco be reviewed and used in real world. I really look forward to seeing it. It being about a $1700 USD product it's a big price to pay. But I think the luxury and functionality it brings is worth it, as long as it function as good as advertised. My 2023 Taco needs this. Fingers crossed reviews come out soon and I can make a decision! @@LinksWellInc
This is our radio, LinksWell. We are the manufacturer. We do not sell direct retail. We only sell to dealers. To purchase you can use the find a retailer tab on our website and locate a local dealer. www.linkswellinc.com Or you can purchase through one of our Online Dealers in www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
@@LinksWellInc Interesting, neither of your online dealers sells your product for Tacoma so unless you can find a local dealer you technically can't get this device. Disappointing for sure. Thanks for the response.
@@LinksWellInc Do you all have a full breakdown of the device? I'm interested in the radio but comparing it to the Phoenix (12.1 8g x 256g) would really like to see what makes it stand out compared to the competitor outside of the price point.
The only real annoyances that I haven't been able to get rid of with the unit at this point are that when I press the up and down physical buttons to change the temperature the entire climate screen pops up which is annoying because the temps are displayed at the bottom so I don't need the whole climate screen to be up. I wish there were options to toggle when the climate screen is automatically opened while pressing buttons. It makes sense for some of them but not for all. The fan buttons don't open the whole climate screen, which is nice because that would be unnecessary. I just wish we had some control over how that behaves for all of the physical buttons. It would also be nice to be able to control the timeout for that screen automatically closing itself after a button is pressed. It's currently longer than I would like. The lack of configuration options for this stuff is frustrating. Another annoyance is if I install Spotify on the radio it interferes with Spotify when I'm in android auto because it insists on playing from the one installed on the radio even when I manually close out of it. I'm hoping I can figure out a way to work around that eventually. For now I had to uninstall spotify from the radio and just use it in android auto exclusively. Oh, and the last one is that the voice button on the steering wheel of the tacoma acts as a mute button instead of a voice button for some reason (should trigger the voice assistant) and there doesn't appear to be any way to change that.
So the climate controls function differently on Gen 6/XL. They don’t pop up unless you ask them too. Nothing we can change on Generations prior at this point due to hardware specifications. How Android Auto handles a hand off of an app is not really much we can change. I don’t think that’s an issue with the system but a conflict on how Android Auto handles hand offs. Genuinely there aren’t other radios that allow Spotify to be its own app on the radio itself. All others either remote control the app from the phone or it’s controlled in Android Auto/ CarPaly. So in the base programming of Android Auto there may be missing a way for it to hand off (Android Auto is an app on the phone itself not anything we or any other aftermarket company make, we all just control what the phone is programmed to allow.) so the app itself may not be able to hand off control when Android Auto is active. Again because no other radio allows the app to be installed and functioning in its own. Might not be a thing that can happen because of Android Auto. Not for sure, but that’s my initial guess because I can do it with CarPlay on the radio.
@@LinksWellInc"They don't pop up unless you ask them to." That's not what I'm seeing on mine. Pressing most of the physical climate control buttons causes the entire climate screen to automatically open and then I can either swipe it away or wait for it to auto close after like 15 seconds or something. Only certain buttons don't open the climate screen such as the fan level buttons. Again this is on the gen6 unit shown in the video. I'm saying that it would be nice to have some config options to control when the climate screen gets automatically opened for each physical button and another config option to control how quickly the screen automatically closes after being automatically opened. Having to swipe that climate screen away each time I press a physical button to get back to my gps view while driving gets old pretty quickly.
I looked at your website and don’t see the model any where! I input vehicle info and it only goes up to 2015 model year. I’m trying to locate a dealer in central Florida.
It’s on the website. www.linkswellinc.com/products/radios/t-style-radio/the-t-style-radio/generation-6/2016-2023-toyota-tacoma-generation-6-t-style-radio/
Also, does this integrate with the stock 360 camera system? Will I be able to have it set to auto, where when I go 6mph or below it auto shows the 360 cam?
@@TonyAndersonUSA1 from any of our authorized dealers….. Yo find a local one you can use the find a retailer tab on our website www.linkswellinc.com Or you can purchase online through one of our Online Dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
@@TonyAndersonUSA1 this video is what we have for instructions. The install is quite simple, and because we sell to dealers who have trained technicians we don’t have printed install manuals in the packages of our radios.
Does this work if ur tacoma has a manual transmission? Shift knob ? Just wondering ? Kinda dumb questions but worth asking ? Its a 2020 manual transmission tacoma?
I saw in a different video from like 5 months ago where you say that you're working on a new Android radio interface / launcher and maybe some improvements to your other included apps as well. Is there any info on how soon we can expect to see the release of that? Are we looking at a few months, a year, more than a year? Thanks.
So the new UI is still under development and may be scratched. It generating limitations to how we can customize apps now. Which isn’t what we want. So there is no time line currently.
@@Davidj3 so I don’t have a Android Auto wireless Dongle that I can suggest. Most dongle’s are only wireless CarPlay. Hard to find one that adds wireless Android Auto.
@@rawdmon as a base, yes. But it’s been Frankensteined (best way I can describe it) So we are not just sticking a tablet into a plastic kit. But it’s been gutted and added to so we can do all the CanBus, Climate Controls, and Radio features.
What makes yours different than the Chinese versions on Amazon that are only $400 EDIT: NVM the chinese competitors have a complete different product, smaller screen less features.
So a lot of things…. Mostly it’s the R&D work we do and the internal components we use. We use much high quality screens, PreAmp (Audio processors), Bluetooth Chips, CanBus interfacing, and so on. We do our testing and developing here in the states. We also because we ate based here in the US and have over 1,000 US dealers, so our dealer support is much better. Having support here in the states for our dealers Mon-Friday during working hours. The companies selling on Amazon do not have local support and will be using much cheaper components. It’s the whole “You get what you pay for” theme.
We do not sell direct to the retail public. To purchase one off our radios you would contact one of our authorized dealers. We have a find a retailer tab on our website that will list them closet by Zip Code. Or you can purchase through one of our online dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautokotive.com
@@LinksWellInc Sweet, so I can configure this to boot to applecarplay (bluetooth) with all my climate setting each time? so turn it on and drive with my desired config?
Yes it is. www.linkswellinc.com/products/radios/t-style-radio/the-t-style-radio/generation-6/2016-2023-toyota-tacoma-generation-6-t-style-radio/ To purchase contact one of our authorized dealers.
@@genio1981 so you buy from us, we don’t have the staff to help you with install. Then you are upset because we can’t help you. So, we hire enough techs to help end users, so we raise the price to cover those cost, now no one buys the radio. Having authorized dealers is the best way to be sure all customers who purchase our radios are supported the best way possible. If that is too frustrating for you. It’s a bummer, but it is still the best way for us to make sure our customers are taken care of.
@@LinksWellInc I had one of these installed in my truck today and I was disappointed to find that the pigtail for the sim card is super short so it can't be run to the glove box meaning I need to take the entire radio out just to put the sim card in once I have it. Not the best design choice.
@@rawdmon so that came from a limitation on the SIM Card readers. We made it as long as we could that the SIM Card would still work. Did that trying multiple options out there. This was the longest we could make it with the available components. I am sure as time passes technology will get better and we can switch to ESim or there will be a better card reader available that we can extend more. For future generations. But car stereos that offer you full SIM Card options is not the normal. Some factory trucks have built in WiFi, but not built into a radio to use for Internet purposes. So the parts available on the market for us to use to build, is quite slim but slowly growing.
@@LinksWellInc The Phoenix Auto radio for the tacoma which is built with cheaper components has a SIM card pigtail that's long enough to route to the glove compartment and does work. No idea what kind of hardware they use for that but it's evidently possible to do somehow.
@@SLude480 we do not sell direct retail. To purchase you would buy through one of our authorized dealers. To find a local dealer use the find a retail tab on the website. Or if you want to buy online you can reach out to one of our authorized online dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
So they are shipping now. You can purchase through any of our Authorized Dealers. Our website has a find a retailer tab that will give you local ones based on Zip code. Or you can order online through one of our online dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
@@rawdmon so we do not sell direct retail nor do we do installs. We sell to dealers, dealers sell to retail public. $1,695 is the cost of the radio. Labor prices will vary by dealer you purchase from.
@@LinksWellInc It definitely piques my interest to be honest. The cant's that I picked up on were the microphone, and possibilities of phone hook-up not working. Other than that this would look amazing in my cabin.
@@robertbenefield4496 so no aftermarket radio retains factory microphones. That is just the way it works. As for phone not connecting that hasn’t been an issue at all. We do wireless CarPlay/Android Auto. So the issue with usb hand off is no longer a thing. But what you gain with our radios is far more than phone interface. If you check out other videos on our channel you can see how to download Apps like Netflix, OnX Offroad, TH-cam, LED light controllers, RING doorbell and so many others.
Nope. You should keep your factory radio and climate controls because that is what you feel is most important. It’s called a free market. You don’t like our solution, don’t purchase it. We are ok with that.
Even the OEM "physical" climate controls are all digital (ones and zeroes being sent over a wire), so it's not exactly difficult for after market stuff to tap in to that and work just as well. If this isn't your cup of tea no one is forcing you to buy it.
Great video, but you don't need the music. You have a pleasant voice and it's easy to listen to you explain what is happening. The music doesn't help that.
So music helps to hide the back ground noise from warehouse. We don't have an actual studio we shoot inside the warehouse and there are lots of background noises happening that the mics pick up. So music helps cover those.
I saw this product in person but what worries me the most is that I have an iPhone and this has an Android operating system. Yes CarPlay works but am curious about long term use. I also actually wheel my Tacoma so I’d love to see a video of this working on a trail with obstacles. Preferably hooked up to an iPhone
You can check out a couple of our videos here in our channel when I took our Jeep out wheeling.
CarPlay wouldn’t be affected by where you were driving. It couldn’t care less if it’s street or dirt.
I ordered one of these and am trying to install it. Do you guys have a detailed wiring guide somewhere? The video glosses how connect specific wires. What does the “swc 1” wire connect to, the various camera trigger wires etc. The standard connectors on the wiring harness are obvious but the loose single wires go…?
@@radumargarint5271 there is no need to do anything with single wires. The install is 100% plug in play.
You don’t need to trigger anything. We don’t show it because it isn’t required.
The reviews are not in favor of this product.
I would love for you to talk to one of the thousands of folks that love our radios.
99% of the complaints are because they purchased the radio and wouldn’t return to their dealer for help. They tried diy install and didn’t do it right and wouldn’t go ask their dealer for help.
We only sell business to businesses so we don’t have enough tech support for end users. We have support for our dealers though. Maybe check out one of our dealers and see one in person.
What reviews? This particular model came out like a month ago. Reviews for other linkswell models are largely irrelevant because the design and the components are not exactly the same between each model. Are you sure that you're not confusing this with the more cheaply built Phoenix Automotive t-style radios?
Do you guys have an installation manual or just this video?
@@radumargarint1832 just the video. We only sell to authorized dealers. 99% of our install is very self explanatory to technicians that do this as a living. So our support is to the trained professional.
Any help you may need past that would come from the dealer you purchased from.
Thats badass 🫡
Is the spacing on top behind the screen still allow clearance for a Bulletpoint Mounting Solution mounting platform?
@@60203 I am not sure exactly how that one mounts. I would lean to no. But having not tried I can’t say for sure.
Do you have a video of you running the microphone wire?
We don’t the process is very basic, something that has come with the process of installing aftermarket radios for near 20 years. So we don’t spend the time on it.
If you check our old Gen 2 Ram install video I do think I have it on frame while I do it.
In the video you mentioned you have three camera inputs. If my tacoma came with the multi terrain monitor package with the 4 cameras, will I still be able to use all cameras?
@@ramon90805 so the 360 camera system from the factory works with a single video output.
It is retained yes. Ours has it as well
Does this integrate with the front facing Any time Camera that Runnin-4-tacos sells?
That I can’t say. Would depend how they make it work and control. We have a front camera input that you can access whenever that will work with a standard camera. So we can do an anytime front camera. But I can’t say how it will work with that specific one based on how they work.
I am definitely interested in one of these, I am very interested to see this being used in real world by reviewers. Playing with it while driving, climate controls, while using the radio, off roading whats the interface feel like while driving? etc etc.
Does the Climate Control lock you out of the rest of the screens if it is being used? or can you still play with the radio and change channels or cameras etc?
@@LinksWellInc
@@CANheSE3me so this unit was installed into one of the OnX Offroad trail mappers trucks. So it will get some real deal trail time. I have used ours in our Jeep on lots of trails had no issues at all.
You can watch some of our other videos showing the functions. This will do the same. Climate controls don’t change the source and how it functions. The climate controls function as an overlay screen to the source.
Yeah, I am very interested in the product I just would really like to see this unit in particular on the taco be reviewed and used in real world. I really look forward to seeing it. It being about a $1700 USD product it's a big price to pay. But I think the luxury and functionality it brings is worth it, as long as it function as good as advertised. My 2023 Taco needs this. Fingers crossed reviews come out soon and I can make a decision! @@LinksWellInc
@@CANheSE3me set to release in a week or so.
Would this work with the 360 cam?
Good question
YEP! Ours has it. Works like factory
Does this work on a base SR5 third gen
@@juliansera8256 yes. Any 16-23 Tacoma.
What brand/company head unit is this? Where is the purchase link?
This is our radio, LinksWell. We are the manufacturer.
We do not sell direct retail. We only sell to dealers. To purchase you can use the find a retailer tab on our website and locate a local dealer. www.linkswellinc.com
Or you can purchase through one of our Online Dealers in
www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
@@LinksWellInc Interesting, neither of your online dealers sells your product for Tacoma so unless you can find a local dealer you technically can't get this device. Disappointing for sure. Thanks for the response.
@@aaronanderson8452 they absolutely sell the Tacoma Radio. Contact them.
www.adcmobile.com/product/gen-6-t-style-radio-for-2016-23-toyota-tacoma/
@@LinksWellInc Thanks didn't originally show in their search.
@@LinksWellInc Do you all have a full breakdown of the device? I'm interested in the radio but comparing it to the Phoenix (12.1 8g x 256g) would really like to see what makes it stand out compared to the competitor outside of the price point.
The only real annoyances that I haven't been able to get rid of with the unit at this point are that when I press the up and down physical buttons to change the temperature the entire climate screen pops up which is annoying because the temps are displayed at the bottom so I don't need the whole climate screen to be up. I wish there were options to toggle when the climate screen is automatically opened while pressing buttons. It makes sense for some of them but not for all. The fan buttons don't open the whole climate screen, which is nice because that would be unnecessary. I just wish we had some control over how that behaves for all of the physical buttons. It would also be nice to be able to control the timeout for that screen automatically closing itself after a button is pressed. It's currently longer than I would like. The lack of configuration options for this stuff is frustrating.
Another annoyance is if I install Spotify on the radio it interferes with Spotify when I'm in android auto because it insists on playing from the one installed on the radio even when I manually close out of it. I'm hoping I can figure out a way to work around that eventually. For now I had to uninstall spotify from the radio and just use it in android auto exclusively.
Oh, and the last one is that the voice button on the steering wheel of the tacoma acts as a mute button instead of a voice button for some reason (should trigger the voice assistant) and there doesn't appear to be any way to change that.
So the climate controls function differently on Gen 6/XL. They don’t pop up unless you ask them too. Nothing we can change on Generations prior at this point due to hardware specifications.
How Android Auto handles a hand off of an app is not really much we can change. I don’t think that’s an issue with the system but a conflict on how Android Auto handles hand offs.
Genuinely there aren’t other radios that allow Spotify to be its own app on the radio itself. All others either remote control the app from the phone or it’s controlled in Android Auto/ CarPaly.
So in the base programming of Android Auto there may be missing a way for it to hand off (Android Auto is an app on the phone itself not anything we or any other aftermarket company make, we all just control what the phone is programmed to allow.) so the app itself may not be able to hand off control when Android Auto is active.
Again because no other radio allows the app to be installed and functioning in its own. Might not be a thing that can happen because of Android Auto. Not for sure, but that’s my initial guess because I can do it with CarPlay on the radio.
@@LinksWellIncThe behavior that I'm describing is happening on a Gen 6, the one in the video.
@@LinksWellInc"They don't pop up unless you ask them to."
That's not what I'm seeing on mine. Pressing most of the physical climate control buttons causes the entire climate screen to automatically open and then I can either swipe it away or wait for it to auto close after like 15 seconds or something. Only certain buttons don't open the climate screen such as the fan level buttons. Again this is on the gen6 unit shown in the video. I'm saying that it would be nice to have some config options to control when the climate screen gets automatically opened for each physical button and another config option to control how quickly the screen automatically closes after being automatically opened. Having to swipe that climate screen away each time I press a physical button to get back to my gps view while driving gets old pretty quickly.
I looked at your website and don’t see the model any where! I input vehicle info and it only goes up to 2015 model year. I’m trying to locate a dealer in central Florida.
It’s on the website.
www.linkswellinc.com/products/radios/t-style-radio/the-t-style-radio/generation-6/2016-2023-toyota-tacoma-generation-6-t-style-radio/
Use the find a retailer tab on the website to locate the closet dealer.
www.linkswellinc.com/find-a-dealer/
Are the units available for immediate shipping? Is there a lead time or wait list currently? Thanks for your quick response!
@@luissantiago147 we have them in stock in our warehouse in Riverside CA. They ship the day the order is placed by our dealer.
Also, does this integrate with the stock 360 camera system? Will I be able to have it set to auto, where when I go 6mph or below it auto shows the 360 cam?
The factory 360 camera works like factory. I have a short video on our Instagram showing it.
Where can I get this product? I have a 2019 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab TRD Sport. Thanks!
@@TonyAndersonUSA1 from any of our authorized dealers…..
Yo find a local one you can use the find a retailer tab on our website www.linkswellinc.com
Or you can purchase online through one of our Online Dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
@@LinksWellInc Does it have instructions on installing it myself?
@@TonyAndersonUSA1 this video is what we have for instructions.
The install is quite simple, and because we sell to dealers who have trained technicians we don’t have printed install manuals in the packages of our radios.
Does this work if ur tacoma has a manual transmission? Shift knob ? Just wondering ? Kinda dumb questions but worth asking ? Its a 2020 manual transmission tacoma?
It should work without a problem.
John, the 13" needs the knob from the 15"
Not a possibility at this point in time. It doesn’t exist.
@LinksWellInc I think the manufacturer needs to make one, the exact same one but in 13 inch, it would sell like hotcakes.
I saw in a different video from like 5 months ago where you say that you're working on a new Android radio interface / launcher and maybe some improvements to your other included apps as well. Is there any info on how soon we can expect to see the release of that? Are we looking at a few months, a year, more than a year? Thanks.
So the new UI is still under development and may be scratched. It generating limitations to how we can customize apps now. Which isn’t what we want. So there is no time line currently.
Does it affect my factory jbl sound system?
@@rogelioservin8221 we retain the JBL system
How many what have for speaker ?
I don’t understand what you are asking.
It has the standard 40x4 internal amp.
It has 6 preouts (front, rear, sub)
It also has Optical TOSLYNK output.
So it has more power than the original , I think it 's 12 watts per channel .
@@fabiogonzalez9647 yes. More power than factory.
Hi what wireless dongle do i need for gen 3. 8inch screen dodge ram 2017 for Android Auto.
Thanks
So we don’t have an 8” screen? So I wouldn’t be able to tell you because I don’t know what radio it is.
@LinksWellInc I have a gen2 on a dodge ram 2017
@LinksWellInc sorry it's 10.4 gen2
@@Davidj3 so I don’t have a Android Auto wireless Dongle that I can suggest. Most dongle’s are only wireless CarPlay.
Hard to find one that adds wireless Android Auto.
@LinksWellInc I have the wired dongle in android Auto it shut off my entire screen.
whats the tablet used in this?
So it isn’t a tablet itself. It’s a completely built system. Radio, preamp, climate controls all integrated and built in with the tablet.
It identifies itself as a Pixel 3 XL.
@@rawdmon as a base, yes. But it’s been Frankensteined (best way I can describe it) So we are not just sticking a tablet into a plastic kit. But it’s been gutted and added to so we can do all the CanBus, Climate Controls, and Radio features.
What makes yours different than the Chinese versions on Amazon that are only $400 EDIT: NVM the chinese competitors have a complete different product, smaller screen less features.
So a lot of things….
Mostly it’s the R&D work we do and the internal components we use. We use much high quality screens, PreAmp (Audio processors), Bluetooth Chips, CanBus interfacing, and so on. We do our testing and developing here in the states.
We also because we ate based here in the US and have over 1,000 US dealers, so our dealer support is much better. Having support here in the states for our dealers Mon-Friday during working hours.
The companies selling on Amazon do not have local support and will be using much cheaper components. It’s the whole “You get what you pay for” theme.
@@LinksWellInc I just realized the chinese cheaper version is a completely different product after looking more closely. Thank you.
Where the link to buy
We do not sell direct to the retail public. To purchase one off our radios you would contact one of our authorized dealers.
We have a find a retailer tab on our website that will list them closet by Zip Code.
Or you can purchase through one of our online dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautokotive.com
How can I control my heated seats?
Turn them on in the settings. Save and reboot. Then it will appear in the climate control menu
@@LinksWellInc Sweet, so I can configure this to boot to applecarplay (bluetooth) with all my climate setting each time? so turn it on and drive with my desired config?
@@LinksWellInc whats the base tablet used in this?
@@HooyahBalls it can auto open CarPlay yes. As for climate it will launch with what ever you had it at when it turned off.
Is this for sale? Can't find it on your website
Yes it is.
www.linkswellinc.com/products/radios/t-style-radio/the-t-style-radio/generation-6/2016-2023-toyota-tacoma-generation-6-t-style-radio/
To purchase contact one of our authorized dealers.
@@LinksWellInc Ugh. We can't just buy it from your site, then? Authorized dealer mess is just plain frustrating to potential customers.
@@genio1981 so you buy from us, we don’t have the staff to help you with install. Then you are upset because we can’t help you. So, we hire enough techs to help end users, so we raise the price to cover those cost, now no one buys the radio.
Having authorized dealers is the best way to be sure all customers who purchase our radios are supported the best way possible.
If that is too frustrating for you. It’s a bummer, but it is still the best way for us to make sure our customers are taken care of.
Where does the sim card go? Does the radio have to be removed to insert the sim card?
There is a pigtail that the SIM Card goes into on the back. I show it in a video on our channel.
@@LinksWellInc I had one of these installed in my truck today and I was disappointed to find that the pigtail for the sim card is super short so it can't be run to the glove box meaning I need to take the entire radio out just to put the sim card in once I have it. Not the best design choice.
@@rawdmon so that came from a limitation on the SIM Card readers. We made it as long as we could that the SIM Card would still work. Did that trying multiple options out there. This was the longest we could make it with the available components.
I am sure as time passes technology will get better and we can switch to ESim or there will be a better card reader available that we can extend more. For future generations.
But car stereos that offer you full SIM Card options is not the normal. Some factory trucks have built in WiFi, but not built into a radio to use for Internet purposes. So the parts available on the market for us to use to build, is quite slim but slowly growing.
@@LinksWellInc The Phoenix Auto radio for the tacoma which is built with cheaper components has a SIM card pigtail that's long enough to route to the glove compartment and does work. No idea what kind of hardware they use for that but it's evidently possible to do somehow.
Where can I find the instruction manual ?? Don’t know where to (if possible )turn on side mirror defrosters
The defrost icon with the R.
@@LinksWellInc it’s that for the Rear?
@@czar3030 they turn on together
Is this JBL compatible?
Yep! Our Tacoma had JBL before we removed it all to do our system.
@@LinksWellInc and the sub works?
@@LinksWellInc how do we buy it? Not seeing the option on your site
@@SLude480 yes. The JBL amp gets the signal and then sends the power to the speakers. It all retains
@@SLude480 we do not sell direct retail. To purchase you would buy through one of our authorized dealers.
To find a local dealer use the find a retail tab on the website.
Or if you want to buy online you can reach out to one of our authorized online dealers like
www.adcmobile.com or
www.fnaautomotive.com
Where do you preorder?
So they are shipping now. You can purchase through any of our Authorized Dealers. Our website has a find a retailer tab that will give you local ones based on Zip code.
Or you can order online through one of our online dealers like www.adcmobile.com or www.fnaautomotive.com
how much?
@@winston67guy MSRP for this one is $1,695.
Can I use netflix or youtube with this headunit?
Yes. If you check out our other videos we talk about that.
How mucho $ for Tacoma 2020
Radio starts off at $1,695
@@LinksWellInc Is that $1695 including installation?
@@rawdmon so we do not sell direct retail nor do we do installs. We sell to dealers, dealers sell to retail public.
$1,695 is the cost of the radio. Labor prices will vary by dealer you purchase from.
Just velcro in your tablet and done...
@@chavito2483 completely different function and look. But if you prefer that route Velcro away.
Why turn tacoma interior into a tesla?!
@@FabKoj-rf5kj this is way better than a Tesla.
This takes your Tacoma into the next level of tech and features.
Nice, but too many "can'ts" ...
Too many “can’ts?” Not sure I follow you. But if our radio isn’t for you then it isn’t for you.
@@LinksWellInc It definitely piques my interest to be honest. The cant's that I picked up on were the microphone, and possibilities of phone hook-up not working. Other than that this would look amazing in my cabin.
@@robertbenefield4496 so no aftermarket radio retains factory microphones. That is just the way it works.
As for phone not connecting that hasn’t been an issue at all. We do wireless CarPlay/Android Auto. So the issue with usb hand off is no longer a thing. But what you gain with our radios is far more than phone interface.
If you check out other videos on our channel you can see how to download Apps like Netflix, OnX Offroad, TH-cam, LED light controllers, RING doorbell and so many others.
cool so remove my actual physical climate controls and trust in a third party non OEM solution to manage that.
Nope. You should keep your factory radio and climate controls because that is what you feel is most important.
It’s called a free market. You don’t like our solution, don’t purchase it. We are ok with that.
Even the OEM "physical" climate controls are all digital (ones and zeroes being sent over a wire), so it's not exactly difficult for after market stuff to tap in to that and work just as well. If this isn't your cup of tea no one is forcing you to buy it.